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About Past 2008


  CHAIRMAN 2008


  • Sunil Lulla, CEO & Managing Director, Times Global Broadcasting Co. Pvt. Ltd.

  SPEAKERS 2008


  • Amitava Chattopadhyay, The L'Oréal Chaired Professor of Marketing - Innovation and Creativity, INSEAD, Singapore
  • Amit Shukla, Chief Executive Officer, Sieger Solution Ltd.
  • Anisha Motwani, Executive VP - Marketing & Chief Marketing Officer- New Markets, Max New York Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
  • Anil Singh, Managing Director, Procam International
  • Anurag Batra, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Exchange4Media Group
  • Ashutosh Tiwari, Executive Vice President (Strategic Marketing), Godrej Industries Ltd.
  • Aubrey Ghose, Founder and CEO, AIS Brand Lab
  • Barney Loehnis, Network Director, Isobar Asia Pacific
  • Chandrashekar Pitre, National Marketing Manager, DHL Express India (Pvt) Ltd.
  • Dr. Dae Ryun Chang, Professor of Marketing, Yonsei University
  • David Brice, Chairman, CEO and Founder, MediaCart Holdings Inc.
  • David Wheldon, Global Brand Director & Customer Experience, Vodafone
  • Derek Turner-Smith, Chief Executive Officer, JWT International
  • Girish Shah, Head - Branding, Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
  • Harmanjit Singh, General Manager - Corporate Affairs, Godfrey Phillips India Ltd.
  • Hemant Sachdev, Group Director - Brand, Bharti Enterprises
  • Jiggy George, Executive Director, Cartoon Network Enterprises (India and South Asia.)
  • Ian Gee, Branding Planning Director (Asia Pacific), Initiative
  • Indraneel Ganguli, Head – Strategic Initiatives (Global Marketing and Communications), Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
  • Josy Paul, Chairman and National Creative Director, BBDO India
  • Kentaro Kimura, Creative Director and Co-CEO, Hakuhodo Kettle Inc.
  • K. V. Srinivasan, Deputy CEO, Reliance Consumer Finance
  • Dr. Kishore Gopalakrishnan Pillai, Department of Marketing, Leeds University Business School
  • Mark Stinson, Founder, Stinson Brand Innovation Inc.
  • Dr. Michel Cao-Tuan Phan, Professor of Marketing, LVMH Chaired Professor and Academic Director of Mastercard-ESSEC Luxury Brand Mangement Executive Program, ESSEC Business School Paris
  • M. G. Parameswaran, Execuitive Director and CEO - Mumbai, Draftfcb + Ulka Advertising
  • Naveen Kshatriya, CEO and MD, Castrol India Limited and Regional VP, BP Lubricants (Africa, S Asia and Middle East, Turkey)
  • Nicolas Colinos, Deputy Sales Director, Eurosport Asia
  • Nirmalya Kumar, Professor of Marketing Harvard, IMD, Director - Centre for Marketing, Co-Director Aditya Birla India Centre, UK London Business School
  • Patrick Collings, Founding Partner, Sagacite Brand Agency
  • Partho Dasgupta, MD and CEO, Future Media India Ltd.
  • Pearl Uppal, Director Sales, Yahoo! India
  • Prasad Narasimhan, Chief Marketing Officer, Virgin Mobile India
  • Prashant Mehta, Vice President & Head, Advertiser & Partner Group, Emerging Markets Yahoo! Inc.
  • Prasoon Joshi, Executive Chairman & Regional Creative Director, Asia Pacific, McCann Erickson India Limited
  • Rajesh Jejurikar, Chief of Operations (Automotive Sector), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
  • Rajesh Sawhney, President, Reliance Entertainment Ltd.
  • Rajeev Jaitly, VP - Sales and Marketing, DB Corp Ltd.
  • Ravi Deshpande, Chief Creative Officer, Contract Advertising
  • Rohan Vaidya, Country General Manager (India / South Asia), Info Print Solutions Company Pte Ltd.
  • R. Balakrishnan, Chairman and National Creative Director, Lowe
  • Dr. Richard Ettenson, Associate Professor of Global Marketing, Global Business Faculty, Thunderbird School of Global Management
  • Robert Campbell, Regional Creative Brand Planning Director, Y & R Brands Asia
  • Rohit Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, Zapak Digital Entertainment Ltd.
  • Roxanne Aquino, Managing Director, EffectiveBrands Pte Ltd.
  • Sam Ghosh, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Capital Ltd.
  • Sanjay Purohit, Director - Sales and Marketing, Cadbury India Ltd.
  • Sanjay Behl, Head of Branding & Marketing, Reliance Communications
  • Sarmad Ali, Managing Director Marketing & Advertising Sales, Jang Group
  • Satish K Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Outdoor Media Integrated
  • Saugata Gupta, CEO - Consumer Products, Marico Ltd.
  • Shalini Wadhwa, CEO & Managing Director, Speciality Media Pvt Ltd.
  • Sicco Van Gelder, Director, Placebrands
  • Sean McCoy, Founder Member and Chief Executive, HKLM
  • Sunder Hemrajani, Managing Director, Times Innovative Media Ltd.
  • Sunil Lulla, Director and Group CEO, Alva Brothers Entertainment
  • S. K. Palekar, Senior VP - Marketing, Eureka Forbes Ltd.
  • Suprio Guha, Publisher, Economist
  • Shubhajit Sen, Executive VP - Marketing, Glaxo Smithkline Consumer Health Ltd.
  • T. Hari, Head-Global Marketing & Communications, Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
  • Tapio Hedman, Sr VP Category Marketing, Nokia
  • Thebeetsile Ikalafeng, Founder, The Brand Leadership Group
  • Terry Behan, Founder, Fearless Executive
  • Vahid Mehrinfar, Executive Principal and Chief Brand Futurists, Vahid Associates Brand Futurists
  • V. Shantakumar, Chairman, Saatchi & Saatchi India
  • Wilson Chew, Group CEO and Principal consultant, SrategicCom

  ADVISORY COUNCIL 2008


  • Aftab Mehmud Khurshid, SAVP, Head of Corporate Brand, Marketing & Communication, Trust Bank
  • Aftab Tapal, Managing Director, Tapal Tea
  • A W Idris, President, Lebanese Association of Marketing and Advertising (LAMA)
  • Alban Kang, Partner, IP & Technology Group
  • Avishesha Bhojani, Group Chief Executive Office, BPG Group
  • Colin Miles, Executive Vice President & Co-Founder, i-POP Networks
  • Cynthia Gordon, Vice President Marketing, MTS Company
  • Dae Ryun Chang, Prof. of Marketing & Dean of the Graduate School of International Studies - Yonsei University, Executive Director, Brand & Business Marketing Centre - Yonsei University
  • Derek Carstens, Brand Director, FirstRand Ltd.
  • Erik Charl Du Plessis, Chairman, Millward Brown SA (PTY) Ltd.
  • Prof. Glyn Atwal, Professor of Marketing, ESC Rennes School of Business
  • Ian Ewart, Head of Marketing and Communication, Barclays Wealth
  • Jacques Bille, VP, The World Board of the International Advertising Association (IAA)
  • Jane Lyne, Managing Director, Youth Dynamix
  • Jawad Humayun, Chairman - Channel7 Communication (Pvt.) Ltd.
  • Dr. Jerry Okungu, Media & Communications Expert - Okuthe-Okungu Associates
  • Julia Wilson, President and Founder - Wilson Global Communications, LLC
  • Khalid Hadi, Group Brand and Marketing Manager, ENOC LLC
  • Kim Childs, Managing Director - Le Mieux Luxury Hotel Supply, CEO - Seboni Mena, President - American Business Group of Abu Dhabi
  • Kingsley Smith, Founder - Management Development Asia Pacific
  • Kwaku Mensa-Bonsu, Advertising Association of Ghana - International Advertising Association
  • Laura Marriott, President - MMA (Mobile Marketing Association)
  • Malcolm W. Joseph, Executive Director - Centre For Media Studies
  • Marcel Straut, Managing Partner - Bigger Group
  • Mike Da Silva, CEO - MDSA Promotion Marketing
  • Pei-Ling Huang, Secretary General - Magazine Business Association
  • RTS Masli, President - IAA – Indonesian Chapter
  • Shafiq Uz Zaman, Managing Director - Coats Bangladesh Ltd.
  • Shakir Moin, General Manager - (Singapore/Malaysia/Brunei), Coca Cola Far East Ltd.
  • Shalini Wadhwa, CEO and Managing Editor / Speciality Media Pvt. Ltd.
  • Simon Andrews, Chief Strategy Officer - Worldwide, Mindshare Interaction
  • Teodora Midalovici, Founder - Migdale Amare
  • Timothy Maurice Webster, President & CEO - Timothy Maurice and Associates
  • Vahid Mehrinfar, Executive Principal and Chief Brand Futurist - Vahid Associates Brand Futurist
  • Rajeev Budhiraja, Group Managing Director - Promoseven 360
  • Dr. Lai Kok Fung, Co-Founder & CEO - BuzzCity Pte. Ltd.
  • Anil Amarasuriya, MD & CEO - Sampath Bank Ltd.
  • Himanshu Vashishtha, Managing Director - The Nielsen Company
  • Lisa Watson, Founder and MD - IBIS Intelligence Services, Chairman - Direct Marketing Association
  • Patrick Liew, Director - SkyQuestCom Global Pte Ltd.
  • Sreedhar Subramaniam, President - Direct Marketing Association of Malaysia
  • Manoj Namboodiri, Category Director - Growing up Milk & Full Cream Milk, Fonterra Brands
  • Lawrence Chong, CEO - Consulus Cato Partners
  • Vishnu Mohan, CEO - Havas Media Asia Pacific
  • Ronen Jackson, Group Marketing Director - Alliance Group
  • Thomas Jacob, International Development Director - Associated Newspaper Ltd.
  • Susanne Vaas, Vice President, Business Affairs, Canada Film Telivision Production Association (CETA)
  • Sean McCoy, Cheif Executive, HKLM
  • Benoit Schaack, CEO, SCHAACK CONSULTING GROUP PTE LTD.
  • A K Handa, Chief Strategy Officer - Lintas India
  • Anisha Motwani, Executive VP - Marketing & Chief Marketing Officer - New Markets, Max New York Life Insurance Co Ltd.
  • Dr. Anuj Saxena, Managing Director - Elder Health Care Ltd.
  • Archana Pillai, Group Publisher - Ogaan Publications Pvt. Ltd.
  • Arvind Sharma, Chairman and CEO - Leo Burnett
  • Atul Hegde, CEO - Connecturf (I) Pvt. Ltd.
  • B Sanjit Shastri, CEO - Beehive Communications (P) Ltd.
  • C J George, Managing Director - Geojit Financial Services Ltd.
  • Colvyn Harris, CEO - JWT India
  • D B Dutta, Vice President - Deccan Herald
  • G Balasubramanian, VP Sales & Marketing - Sapat International
  • Ghanshyam Dass, Managing Director - Asia Pacific NASDAQ Stock Market
  • Indraneel Ganguli, Chief Marketing Officer - Tata Technologies Ltd.
  • Ketan Kulkarni, GM - Marketing, Corporate Communications & Sustainability Blue Dart Express Ltd.
  • Madhavan Menon, Managing Director, Thomas Cook
  • Neville Taraporewalla, CEO & Online Media Director (Asia Pacific) - Publicitas Digital
  • Nirvik Singh, Chairman and CEO, South and South East Asia - Grey Group
  • Piruz Khambatta, Chairman & Managing Director, Rasna Pvt. Ltd.
  • Piyush Sharma, Business Development Director, India - Creative Connexions
  • Pradip Shroff, President and Managing Director - PRS Permacel Pvt. Ltd.
  • Prakash Jain, Manager Advertisements, Daily Hindi Milap
  • Prathap Suthan, National Creative Director, Cheil Communication (SW Asia)
  • Praveen Kenneth, Co-Chairman and MD, Law & Kenneth Worldwide
  • Raj Gupta, Chief Strategy Officer, Lintas Total
  • Rajesh Mehta, Director Marketing - South Asia, Western Union Services India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Ramesh Thomas, President & Chief Knowledge Officer, Equitor Management Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
  • Ravi Naware, Divisional Chief Executive, ITC Foods
  • Sajan Raj Kurup, Chairman, Creativeland Asia Pvt. Ltd.
  • Sanjeev Handa, Dy. General Manager, Maruti India Ltd.
  • Saugata Gupta, CEO-Consumer Products Business, Marico Ltd.
  • Shripad Nadkarni, Director, MarketGate Consulting
  • Sudha Natarajan, Joint President, Lintas Group
  • Suhel Seth, Co-CEO, Equus advertising Co. Ltd.
  • Sunanda Ambardar Chak, Director Marketing, India & SAARC, Computer Associates
  • Suman Srivastava, CEO, Euro RSCG India
  • V. Shantakumar, Managing Director, Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Vijay K. Rekhi, President and MD, United Spirits Ltd.
  • Vikram Mehra, Chief Marketing Officer, Tata Sky Ltd.
  • U Krishnan, Managing Director, Brand Finance
  • Jaspreet Bindra, MSN India Country Manager, Microsoft India
  • Kiruba Shankar, Founder Director - F5ive Technologies CEO, Business Blogging
  • Gayatri Yadav, Marketing Director, General Mills India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Kiran Khalap, Co-Founder, Chlorophyll brand & communications consultancy
  • Basant Rathore, VP-Strategic Planning, Business Development & Brand Management, Jagran Prakashan Ltd.
  • Amit Varma, CEO - Audience Map and Analytics Limited (aMap)
  • Nakul Chopra, CEO, South Asia, Publicis
  • Naresh Gupta, Executive Vice President, Publicis
  • Raj Khare, Co-Founer and Chairman, Sure Waves
  • Saurabh Gupta, Founder & CEO - Phonethics Mobile Media
  • Anil Srivatsa, Chief Operating Officer, Radio Today Broadcasting Ltd.
  • Abhay Singhal, VP-Sales and Marketing, mKhoj Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
  • Abhijit Saxena, CEO, Netcore Solutions
  • Lloyd Mathias, CEO & Media Director (Asia Pacific), Publicitas Digital
  • Sanjay Vakharia, Marketing Director, Spykar
  • Sujai Srivastava, Head-Mobile Advertising, Reliance Communications
  • Ashish Bhasin, Chairman India & CEO South East Asia, Aegis Media Group
  • Ajay Chandwani, Chief Executive Officer, Percept India
  • Nanette D'Sa, Sr. Vice President (L&M), Star India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Jasmin Sohrabji, Managing Director, Omnicom Media Group
  • Vijay Chandok, Sr. Manager, ICICI Bank Ltd.
  • Harmanjit Singh, GM - Corporate Affairs, Godfrey Phillips India Ltd.
  • Avijit Nanda, President, TimesofMoney Ltd.